Living in NY, I typically don't stay in hotels in NY but I made the mistake - roughly 2 years ago - of staying overnight for a meeting that was at the WA and scheduled to start around 8 a.m. I thought it was a good idea and would allow me a bit more sleep time.

I was mistaken.

It turned out my room had no heat - did I mention this was in February? The front desk manager offered me the choice of a space heater or a new room, adn I chose the latter. I was happy with the new room and the move itself and went to bed. An hour later, I was awakened by a knock at the door. A bellman was delivering "my" space heater.

So much for getting more sleep.

In the past few months, I've been to multiple formal dinners in the ballroom. The food during the cocktail hour was quite good but the food served for the actual dinner was just so-so. What really bothered me was the comfort (or lack thereof) of the chairs. I found their standard ballroom chairs really uncomfortable and, after the first dinner, minimized the duration of my stay (which happily meant I minimized how many speeches I heard as well).